Nicholas Land
Senior Software Engineer at General Motors
Clinton Township, Michigan, United States
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Top SchoolNicholas Land is a pragmatic software engineer with 12 years of experience building Java and web-based systems across automotive and startup environments, currently modernizing legacy applications at General Motors using React and TDD. He pairs backend expertise in Java, Spring, and REST with front-end refactors (PolymerJS to React) and practical DevOps skills like Jenkins and Docker. Nicholas has led and mentored small teams and new college hires, translating institutional processes into working software while keeping strong client communication. His background spans vehicle telematics, identity management, and mobile initiatives, reflecting an ability to move between hardware-adjacent domains and pure software. A rapid learner comfortable with multiple editors and OSes, he consistently advocates test-driven development and incremental modernization of legacy codebases.
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at Oakland University
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Github Skills (38)
git10
gitcommand10
terminal-ui10
cli10
electron9
javascript9
linux9
windows9
emacs9
vim9
macos9
windows-subsystem-for-linux8
powershell8
spacemacs8
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
ndland/dotfiles
Dec 2016 - May 2019
Contributions:137 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 4 months
ndland/inspirational_quotes
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:28 commits, 18 pushes, 7 branches in 15 days
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